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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Data On Consumer Complaints And Redress For The First Half Of 2013

Date 16/10/2013

Consumer complaints reported by financial services firms fell by 500,000 between the second half of 2012 and the first half of 2013. Data published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) showed 2.9 million complaints were made in the first half of 2013, compared to 3.4 million consumer complaints reported by firms in the previous six months.

SEC Charges Knight Capital With Violations Of Market Access Rule

Date 16/10/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Knight Capital Americas LLC has agreed to pay $12 million to settle charges that it violated the agency’s market access rule in connection with the firm’s Aug. 1, 2012 trading incident that disrupted the markets.

Trust In Global Financial Institutions – Thomson Reuters TRust Index Third-Quarter 2013 Results

Date 16/10/2013

SunGard Comments On The Possible Profound Effects Of A US Debt Default

Date 16/10/2013

Dr Laurence Wormald, head of buy side risk research at SunGard comments on the impact of the US debt ceiling:

EEX Relaunches Trading Of French Physical Futures

Date 16/10/2013

As of 13 November 2013, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) will relaunch trading in physically fulfilled power futures for the French market area (“French Futures”). The maturities of the French base and peak futures comprise Month, Quarter and Year Futures. In addition, EEX will also offer French week contracts with physical fulfillment for the first time.

Instinet Enhances Trade Analytics Platform With Indigo Launch

Date 16/10/2013

Instinet Incorporated today announced the launch of Indigo™, the latest addition to its global suite of advanced trade analytics and visualization tools.

First Derivatives Launches Global Centre Of Excellence For Financial Market Analytics And Surveillance In Sydney

Date 16/10/2013

First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to global investment banks, brokers, hedge funds and exchanges, today launched its Global Centre of Excellence for Financial Market Analytics and Surveillance in Sydney, Australia.

LCH.Clearnet’s Cleared Freight Volumes Rise On Commodities Demand From China - Cleared Commodities Freight Volumes Reach Record Levels Since The Peak In 2008

Date 16/10/2013

LCH.Clearnet Limited (LCH.Clearnet)  announced that cleared freight volumes more than doubled* in September from a year earlier as traders increased their hedged positions to mitigate their exposure to freight prices. Rising iron ore imports by China and declining availability of shipping in the Atlantic Basin, which was due to an increase in transatlantic shipments, pushed freight prices to three year highs.

Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) On Track To Become A Global Financial Technology Standard - FIBO Standard Delivers Data Quality, Consistency And Transparency To The Financial Industry, Government Regulators And Other Verticals

Date 16/10/2013

The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council, a not-for-profit trade association dedicated to addressing the practical business strategies and technical implementation realities of enterprise data management, today announced that the OMG Architecture Board and Financial Domain Task Force 
unanimously approved FIBO-Foundations on September 26 at the OMG Technical Conference in New Brunswick, NJ.

STOXX And Eurex Repo Extend Gc Pooling Index Family To Cover The Entire Money Market Yield Curve

Date 16/10/2013

STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, and Eurex Repo, the leading provider for international financing in the secured money market business, today announced the expansion of the STOXX GC Pooling Index family by 14 new indices to cover the full money market yield curve up to twelve months. Also, an additional funding rate is introduced that measure secured interbank funding rate and volume in the euro zone at the short end of the money market curve. The STOXX GC Pooling Indices provide a representation of the secured euro funding transactions taking place on the Eurex Repo GC Pooling Market, and are designed to provide transparent, rules-based alternatives to unsecured interbank benchmarks such as LIBOR and EURIBOR/EONIA.